Time spent in zero G changes the body: Astronauts come home with bone loss and muscle weakness. But what happens in their heads? To find out, researchers examined MRIs of astronauts brains taken before and after flight. They looked at 12 astronauts w

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Ellie spoke to the tour agent. The price for the 3-night bus tour was good. Her cousin Vicky called her. Ellie told Vicky about the tour. Vicky liked the price. She said she and her husband would come, too. On Saturday, Ellie and her young son met Vi

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By Mignon Fogarty Today's topic is although versus while. I often have to tell people that their pet peeves aren't actually hard-and-fast grammar rules. I have to tell people that it's OK to split infinitives, and that in some cases it's fine to end

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By Mignon Fogarty Today's topic is bad versus badly, and to make it fun we have a celebrity smack down. On this week's Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump corrected Cyndi Lauper. Here's a clip. [audio clip] Not only is Donald Trump not very nice, but

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By Margaret Besheer Washington 22 February 2006 Lottery winners Eight workers at a meat processing plant in the mid-western state of Nebraska have won the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. The

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 19 March 2007 Tuberculosis until a few years ago was off the informal list of priority diseases because it could be prevented and it could be cured. Now, as the world marks Tuberculosis Day, the disease is causing alarm be

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Apple's much-anticipated smart watch will be unveiled to the media at the same San Francisco theatre where the tech giant introduced the iPad five years ago. But the Apple Watch will only be officially launched in April. So what can we expect from Ap

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute? The National Safety Council estimates that 28 percent of all highway accidents and deaths are caused by drivers paying poor attention to the road because theyre holding

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The Chinese government has planned a basket of favorable measures for companies in the real economy to cut costs as part of efforts to bolster lackluster economic growth, an official document said. 根据一份官方文件显示,我国政府为降低

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HONG KONG Snapchat and Kik, the messaging services, use bar codes that look like drunken checkerboards to connect people and share information with a snap of their smartphone cameras. Facebook is working on adding the ability to hail rides and make p

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GWEN IFILL: In a vote on the Senate floor last night, lawmakers blocked a bill that would have drastically changed the way the National Security Agency currently monitors American citizens. MAN: On this vote, the yeas are 58, the nays are 42. GWEN IF

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Joann: Oh, are those pictures of your kids? Artem: Yes. These are my three daughters and these are my two sons. Joann: Your sons look so alike. Are they similar in personality, too? Artem: Its funny you ask that. My wife and I are always saying how d

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By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 07 June 2006 In an address to the U.S. Congress, the president of Latvia has said the United States needs to use persuasion, as well as force, as it continues to promote d

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Zhongguancun, a high-tech hub in Beijing, is posed to open an innovation center in Silicon Valley. It's a 24-million U.S. dollar investment. Luo Wei is the CEO of the overseas subsidiary of the Zhongguancun Development Group. For those who start busi

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Representatives from the United States, Russia, China and three European Union nations have been meeting in Germany to discuss steps to take in dealing with Iran and its nuclear program. Analysts say there is a shift in tone toward Iran that may tra

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By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 07 December 2006 watch Microsoft Vista report Microsoft Vista screen After a number of delays, Microsoft has officially launched the newest version of Windows, called Vista. The new operating system, which Microsoft says

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By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 19 June 2007 Commencement of the second phase of registration of Maoist army personnel in Ilam, 19 June 2007 The United Nations has begun checking the age and date of recruitment of Maoist fighters in a camp in eastern Nepa

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Britain's aerospace industry 英国航天工业 Flight plan 飞行计划 Can Britain remain a planemaking superpower? 英国能维持飞机制造强国地位吗? THE sleek de Havilland Comet, the world's first commercial passenger jet, was designed

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饶舌:Tech N9NE - Check Yo Temperature 相关介绍 :2008年9月是Tech N9NE事业的一个里程碑,他的双CD专辑《Killer》突破100万张的销售记录。2009年4月7日,Rock The Bells 2009 Festival邀请他来做演出,今年10月的

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Business 商业报道 Schumpeter 熊彼得 Ideas reinvenTED 重塑创意产业的TED TED has revolutionised the ideas industry, in part by putting old wine in new bottles 旧瓶装新酒,TED颠覆创意产业 THE first TED conference in 1984 was su

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